A handful of residents are watching two things unfold on their street: construction of a parking garage at the end of the block and the subsequent migration of groundhogs fleeing the construction site.

Those ground hogs are finding their way into backyards and underneath porches.

They're turning gardens into banquet feasts.

Backyards are turning into an underground highway system of sorts.

"We've got more ground hogs now than we've ever seen," said Dave Reiff, a resident for more than 40 years.

Trying to control the invasion has been a daunting task for Bob and Eleanor Mariani.

"We've had three traps and can't catch them," said Eleanor Mariani.

Her husband added, "There are just too many to trap. I don't know what to do."

UPMC said there is little it can do to control wildlife habits as workers build the parking facility.

And for now, residents on the street realize there's little they can do to watch a new form of community expansion, made up of furry, four-legged vegetarians.

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